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The Street Life & Black Culture: Is It An Unhealthy Marriage?

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A lot of AFRICAN AMERICAN BOYS become enamored with the street life, some out of necessity; but most out of fascination as America has always propped up the villain in POP CULTURE. So much so that when GANGSTA RAP became a part of the HIP HOP genre it helped to push the genre to the number one genre in the country, but as cultural critic, TOMMY BOTTOM's stated in his play EDUCATED GANGSTER the white kids mostly bought it, but the BLACK kids bought into it.  Special guest co-host, DASIA ROBINSON and former felon/gang member turned businessman; RICKEY ROSS drops by to discuss how STREET CODES have woven their way into parts of BLACK CULTURE.  For example, NO SNITCHING to the police was once reserved for people who chose the STREET LIFE, but now throughout BLACK CULTURE being a snitch whether you chose the STREET LIFE or not seemingly gets confused. Why are artist that come from the street life that consistently rap about harming other BLACK people, MONEY OVER BITCHES, or DONT TRUST ANYONE given so much respect? MENTAL DIALOGUE asking the questions AMERICA'S afraid to ask. ALL I ASK IS THAT YOU THINK

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